Fundamentalist Mindset [electronic resource] : Psychological Perspectives on Religion, Violence, and History
Strozier, Charles B.
Terman, David M.
Jones, James W.
Boyd, Katherine A.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
This work sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. The contributors identify several factors: a radical dualism, a destructive inclination to interpret authoritative texts paranoid thinking, and an apocalyptic world view.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributor Biographies; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: WHAT IS THE FUNDAMENTALIST MINDSET?; 1 Definitions and Dualisms; 2 Theories of Group Psychology, Paranoia, and Rage; 3 The Apocalyptic; 4 The Charismatic Leader and the Totalism of Conversion; PART II: MOTIVATIONS FOR VIOLENCE; 5 Fundamentalism and the Paranoid Gestalt; 6 The Apocalyptic Other; 7 The Social Psychology of Humiliation and Revenge: The Origins of the Fundamentalist Mindset; 8 Fundamentalist Faith States: Regulation Theory as a Framework for the Psychology of Religious Fundamentalism
PART III: CHRISTIAN AND AMERICAN CONTEXTS9 Eternal Warfare: Violence on the Mind of American Apocalyptic Christianity; 10 Opening the Seven Seals of Fundamentalism; 11 The Unsettling of the Fundamentalist Mindset: Shifts in Apocalyptic Belief in Contemporary Conservative Christianity; PART IV: GLOBAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXTS; 12 The Psychology of the Global Jihadists; 13 Ordering Chaos: Nazi Millennialism and the Quest for Meaning; 14 Rumor, Fear, and Paranoia in the French Revolution; 15 Hindu Victimhood and India's Muslim Minority; Conclusion: A Fundamentalist Mindset?; Notes; Index; A; B; C
DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
This work sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. The contributors identify several factors: a radical dualism, a destructive inclination to interpret authoritative texts paranoid thinking, and an apocalyptic world view.
Description based on print version record.
Fundamentalism -- Psychology.
Psychology, Religious.
Religious fundamentalism -- Psychology.
Violence -- Religious aspects.
Religious fundamentalism
Fundamentalism
Psychology, Religious
Violence
Religion - General
Religion
Philosophy & Religion